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Croatia’s Presidency of the European Union and the Western Balkans . A New Momentum or a Missed Opportunity?

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  • Cipek Tihomir

    (Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Zagreb, Lepušićeva 6, 10000Zagreb, Croatia)

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This text will reconstruct the main determinants of Croatia’s foreign policy to the European Union (EU) and the Western Balkans. It will demonstrate why, after joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and the EU, Croatia needs a new foreign policy goal. I will advocate a thesis that Croatia is looking for a place of its own within the EU, but that it has not yet managed to find it due to its dual foreign policies approach—the government’s, which was pro-European, and that of the previous president of the country, which was pro-American. The election of the new president and the presidency of the EU has given Croatia a chance to set a new goal for its foreign policy. Specifically, in its focus on Europe, could Croatia’s new role be found in guiding the enlargement process in the Western Balkans?

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  • Cipek Tihomir, 2020. "Croatia’s Presidency of the European Union and the Western Balkans . A New Momentum or a Missed Opportunity?," Comparative Southeast European Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 68(4), pages 554-568, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:soeuro:v:68:y:2020:i:4:p:554-568:n:4
    DOI: 10.1515/soeu-2020-0037
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